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MOORE’S RUR.4I. ]NTM’-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL ANI) FAMILY JOURALy.. 
REPORT OF THE POST-Jj[ASTER GENERAL. 
Congressional. 
The Report of the Post-Master General was, by SENAXE.-On motion of Mr. Mangum, the Sen- 
some means, made public before the organi- ate proceeded to fill the standing committees. The 
zation of the House. AVe give a condensed view following named gentlemen were elected to fill the 
of its most important and interesting features and committees, viva voce: 
Foreign Intelligence. 
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP CAMBRIA. 
New York, Dec. 29. 
Latest from California. 
The Steamer Empire City, from Chagres, with 
dates from California to the 16th ult., arrived at 
propositions. 
The number of Post Offices in the U. S., on 
Foreign RekUions—Messrs. King, of Alabama, o’clock this morning. . ^ _^_ 
Foote, Webster, Benton and Mangum. Cotton dull — prices A better. Ti... , r> , . 
® Finance —Messrs. Dickinson, of N. Y., Hunter, Flour in good demand at 22@24s. pr Pnnnm " oug t to Panama by tlie steam- 
Phelps, Douglass and Pearce. Corn advanced Is 6 d per quarter. Thl i 1 “ 
Messrs. Hamlin, of Maine; Davis, of Provisions improved and in good demand has .f500,000 in gold dust, 
Ma.ss.; Dodge, of Wisconsin, and Bell. General news unimportant ^ chieflj consigned to panties m the city. She bro’t 
miofScSS”"- Western Prev.st.ns active .ilrnand, .nf”” rrS^” ““ 
Military Affairs—Messrs. Davis, of Miss., Borland, ®¥l'&.®- The overland train th.at left Inst summer p 11 
The Steamship Cambria reached Halifax at 9 York on the 25th. The following items com- 
ROCHESTER, JANUARY 1, 1850. June, 1849, was 16,747, there having been Phelps, Douglass and Pearce. 
Messrs. Dickinson, of N. Y., Hunter, 
Avant Courier. 
On this first day of Januarv’, 1850, we run up 
I 921 new offices created, and 333 discontinued. 
The number of Post-masters appointed, during 
the past year, was 6,333. 
The financial condition of the Department is in 
our Flag, on board the new barque Rural New- a flourishing state, having an unexpended balance 
Yorker, and unfurl our sails to the breeze Our of revenue and appropriations on hand of ^691,682. Green, Shields and Dawson. 
Commerce —Messrs. Hamlin, of Maine; Davis, of 
Mass.; Dodge, of Wisconsin, and Bell. 
prise all the intelligence of importance: 
The news was brought to Panama by tlie steam¬ 
er Panama, who had 250 passengers on board. — 
The Empire City has .f500,000 in gold dust, 
chiefly consigned to panties in the city. She bro’t 
Spruance, Walker and Corwin. 
^ Military Affairs —Messrs. Davis, of Miss., Borland, 
craft is afloat, under command of the Owner, The number of mail routes on the first of July, Maitia — Messrs. Houston, of Texas; Dodge, of 
manned with an experienced crew, bound coast- 1849, was 4,943, the number of contractors 4,190, Me^lrs”!'Y^ 
wise, to the Port of Public Favor and a Market. ®nid the length of the routes 167,703 miles. On Badger, Bright and Miller. ' ' ' 
Our Freight is an assorted cargo of Agricultural, these routes the mail was transported 42,.547,069 Messrs. Felch, of Mich.; Borland, 
Mechanical, Educational, Philosophical, and Mis- miles, at a cost of $2,428,515—an average cost of Downs of La • 
cellaneous Articles. Reader, what do you think of five cents six mills per mile. This is exclusive of W’hitcomb, Davis, of Mass.; Cjements and Badgerj 
her sailing qualities? Is she trim, taunt, and ship the foreign mails to Bremen, Havana, and the ao-■ ^ 
during the fortnight, 52,000 bales, at the advance, arrived out in safatv 
Consols closed at OGl to amvea out in salotj. 
The overland train that left last summer had all 
the first of July Militia — Messrs. Houston, of Texas; Dodge, of Consols closed at 96| to 96f. Bullion in the 
. . mo Wisconsin; Morton, Clement and .Spruance. Bank of England amounts to £16,500,000, and 
ontrantorR 4.190. at. i a/t- _ -.r i • :_? ° a _• . , ’ . . ’ 
. Liverpool, Dec. 15. 
White Corn quoted at 29@30s.: and vellow 28s 
@28s6d. 
hidlancL Affairs — Messrs. Atchison, of 3Iis80iirij 1 demand at 22s6d@24s. Ohio is 22s. 
For superior brands American flour there is a j Congress. The whole Democratic ticket was 
shape? If j'ou like her commander, under offi- Isthmus of Panama, w'hich co.sts $255,692 more. Sebastian, Jtoll, Rush and Wales ^ » 
cers, and supercargo — their wares and manner of The entire Revenue for the year, amounts to Claims — Messrs. Norris, of N. II., Whitcomb, 
doing business — bid them a prosperous voyage, $4,905,176, and the expenditures for the same pe- Cnderw ood, Stewart and Baldwin, 
and (as they do you most heartily,) A Happy New riod, was .$4,479,049, which, with the balance of Nonls^Uphamf Do^'^^ towm.^and”c^^^^^ 
AVheat 4s6d@6s9d wYth rather more inquiiy. 
Meal 12s@14s. 
Lard in demand at advanced r.ates. 
Iron quiet but firm. 
last year remaining in the treasury-, makes now in Post OffeJ^ Mesfrl’ Rusro'f Texti, U?hamand steldl®and moLmL Temamf'''On‘ffie^Mth Ihlre faX^'orw 
funds nf thnt dc.nnWmcnf ihc sum c-ROi R«o 8oule. ^ ^‘^® iff* ^^®"® McKeiidree Gwmn and C. J. Fre- 
Our Paper.—Prospects and Promises. 
Our first number will hardly bring the weekly 
funds of that department the sum of $691,682. 
The expen.ses of the current year are estimated 
at .$4,750,138—allowing for the e.xtension andcre- 
Roads and Canals — Messrs. Bright, of la., Atchi¬ 
son, Greene, Foote and .Spruance. • 
Pensions — Messrs. King, of Alabama, Jones, 
i>i..i— ___J ’ ’ 
items of news and general intoliitrence un to the ation of new routes and the California mails and ‘‘^t^vvart and Dayton. have improved ls@ls 3d # 480 lbs. with le.ss $16 per day. "Sacr 
ite s 01 news and general intelligence up to the . Patents — Messrs. Norris, Wales. Whitcomb and Ihe part of holders to sell. AVhite flourishing condition, 
present date, as, in getting our office in working other coiitingences. The report estimates the m- ' - ' ..i ..... ... no v . .. I rr.. 
order, we have been necessitated to put in type and orease of revenue from postage at 9 per cent, for 
arrange our forms earlier than the day of publica- coming year, which would leave a balance on 
tion. We are also destitute of exchange papers, hand July 1 , 1850, of $1,033,710. 
and consequently unable to present that variety “ It seems,” says the report, “ to have been the 
which they would enable us to furnish. AVhen fdepartment, ffiat its ex- 
. , penses should be always kept within the income 
we obtain regular exchanges, and shall have had furnished by postage, and all exertions at the irn- 
a few week’s experience, our readers may look for provement and extension of the service are to be 
better things. Our design is to make this depart- Ignited to, and fall within such receipts. The 
ment of the New-Yorker a vehicle of the latest of ^e conimunity without the department, 
. , 1 . 1 . V. .... believed to be, that the General Post Office, be- 
intelhgence, of both home and foreign new.s, on ixig for the dissemination of intelligence and ad- 
all subjects that agitate community. vancement of business, is not a proper .subject of 
Of the appearance of our paper it hardly be- 
__ , , . , . • lean upon it, and that the rate of postage should 
comes us to speak-yet we may be permitted to b<! such as will pay the expensL of ffie care, 
vancement of business, is not"a proper .subject of election of the following committees, 
taxation — that no burthen for public service should " motion, they were filled by ballot, as lollows: 
hope that, in style and manner, it will meet the conveyance and deliver}' of the matter on which 
expectation and approval of our friends. Our ma- the postage is laid. These views are in no wav 
terial is all of the best and most modern style, in '“compatable, and may both be successfully re- 
the purcha.se and arrangement of which neither S'^fded, provided a reasonable compensation be 
_ 1 1 u I , T . „ '”^®® ff*® department for the service it performs, 
expense nor labor have been spared. It is of by those for who.se benefit such service is required.” 
Judiciary — Mes.srs. Butler, of.S. C., Downs, Ber¬ 
rien, Bradbury and Dayton. 
Western New York manufacture—from the T}-pe 
Foundr}’ of Mr. Nathan Lyman, of Buffalo— 
1 } oe SUCH a.s win pay tne expenses ot the care, jji^trirt of Columbia Messrs Alason of A’a which no sales are reported. The quality is 
™f;*®® jtnd dehvm-of the matter on which Yulcc, Mill^f, .sSeldfanlB^^^^^^^^^ ’ ’ very varied and much complained of. Pork- 
1 ^cse Views are in no way —.Messrs. Doiiglas.s. of Ill. Butler Fn- Holders are anxious to clear stocks, but there is no 
incompatable and may both be successfully re- aerwood, Houston and Coopir. ’ ’ inquiry. Hams are dull of sale, without change 
^ reasonable compensation be On motion of Mr. Maiio-um the ‘Senate uro- price. Shoulders are in retail demand. Cheese 
rihose foLvS”-teequcmiy £ 
The follotving is the number of barrels shipped 
east on the Erie Canal for three seasons: 
The whole number of letters charged with post¬ 
age passing through the mails the past year, reck- 
and show's that the icesi end of our State, though oned on the postage received, agreeably to a basis 
just out of the woods, is not behind Gotham in heretofore approved, amounted to 62,000,000. On 
matters pertaining to the “art preservative.” We all these letters, the postage collected was ,$3,882,- 
commend Mr. L. to the patronage of the craft as a 
gcntlcmaH of unusual promptness and integrity. 
To Sustain the various departments of the Ru- 
762; on new.spapers and pamphlets, .$819,016. 
The report is very severe on the franking privi¬ 
lege. It shows, that free matter sent through the 
derwood, Houston and Cooper. ' inquiry. Hams are dull of sale, without change yj„y gy ^qo 
On motion of Mr. Mangum, the Senate pro- Shoulders are in retail demand. Cheese June.SSiOGl 
ceeded to executive business, and subsequently *^®®“ request. Considerable sales have July. 40i8.33 
adjourned. ‘ been made at 42s for fine, 36s@38s for middling, .4ugust. 56 792 
—-- .30s@34s for fair, and 22s@28s for ordinaiy and .September....._ 77 .’l 86 
Political Intelligence. low qualiiie-s. Lard — There is a slight advance; October. 153,004 
- ‘ 1,.385 jiackages were offered at auction on the November.124,411 
The House of Repre-sentatives is at la.st 11 th, of which 160 were sold at 22s 6 d, and the December. 1,042 
organized, after some three W'cek’s inglorious Strug- remainder withdrawn, at 33s 3d. A good busi- 
ghng, by the election of a Speaker-Mr. Cobb, of he done at a slight reduction. o70,7o7 
Georgia, a Democrat. With a whig President and • ^ B®f®g®® question Quantity shipped fj a ser; 
^ ° ”... >8 not vet settled and both jiowcrs are preparing bbls. 
Georgia, a Democrat. With a whig President and 
RAL New-Yorker, w'e have engaged and shall mails by members of Congress, and the depart- , , v ' 
r fi 1 .- , n * * 1 .u u /. larlv for politicians. Hoyvever, the country is tol 
bring into action a large ma-ss of mental machinery-, ments, is enormous — that sent by the members y , f 
in our promised contributors and correspondents— both Houses from Washington during the session _ ' ‘ i i • 
Cabinet, the Democrats have a majority in both for ^var. The English fleet has left the Darden- 
Houses of Congress—a curious spectacle, particu- elles. Ru.ssia is increasing her fleet. 
adepts in the various branches of rural and me- of the last year yvould, if paid for, amount to 
chanical industry-, and philosophical investigation $792,700. 
—independent of our able assistants. This, to- The P. M. G. recommends a uniform rah 
gether with judicious selections from home and postage of 5 cents, for all distances. He says: 
foreign exchanges—coupled with our former ex- “ From a careful examination now made of 
perience in the management of agricultural jour- *u the department, it is estimated that 
,.,:ii * J whole number of charged letters sent through 
nals—will, we trust, secure us that patronage and -i , 1 . , ” on nnn nnn i ^ . 
, ^ mails, the past year, yvas 62,000,000, and of 1 
of the last year would, if paid for, amount to Congress is not yet regularly in session, and 
$792 700 " nothing of importance has transpired since the 
rx^\ xi AH 1 Lp . 7 * organization of the House. 
Ihei . M. G. recommends a uniform rate of ^ 
postage of 5 cents, for all distances. He says: 'The Legislature of this State assembles on 
,, T 7 , A- J Ai the first Tuesday in Januarv’, which this time will 
“rrom a careful examination now made of the ^ a\ * i r i * 
data in the department, it is estimated that the •^'*****^*'>" 
ness might be done at a slight reduction. 570,757 590,326 631,574 
Russia and Turkey. — The Refugee question Quantity shipped for a series of years: 
is not yet settled and both powers are preparing bbls. bbls: 
for yvar. The English fleet has left the Darden- .400,378 1847.631,574 
elles. Ru.ssia is increasing her fleet. 1845.518,318 1848.590,326 
as.. IU™A..v._The mie of .iegc .. 
will be removed from Vienna on the 1st of Jan. B yvill be seen that, except in the years affected 
The Emperor has returned to Scroubeck from 8 y the famine in Europe, there has been a small 
Prague. 
Orders have been sent to the army of obser- 
but gradual increase in the amount sent forward. 
The supplies of wheat for the Rochester Mills, 
vation to approach as near the Saxon frontier as ure derived from several sources, viz:—The Erie 
pos.sible. 
and Genesee Valley Canals—the Tonayvanda Rail- 
Affairs in Hungary continue unsettled. It is ^®ud—Lake Ontario, and teams from the sur- 
stated that Prince Metternich has written a letter rounding country. Below yvill be found the quan- 
_ ■" to an Austrian Minister, in yvhich he declares that bushels left here during the navigation sea 
The legislature of Gqprgia has adjourned the Austrian monarchy cannot enjoy lasting peace ®®u by the tyvo Canals: 
’ T-'u • u ■ mails, the past year, yvas 62,000,000, and of this until the second Monday in January. The reason unless Hungarv is maintained in its preceding 
encouragement which constitutes the unction that number about 15,500,000 were subject to the ten assigned for such a course is a particular desire to relations as a separate State yvith Austria. 
hlhr. :‘.ates and AYfritP.fS all human PYPrtinnc nnefan-p n-n annnnnf nf dictnnpp Tf fhnn iVin annwidpr wp.ll nn thp fp.dp.rnl rp.lalinnc and hp nrp- I nf fVin nnndpmnnf 
lubr.'::ates and excites all human exertions. 
W ith the consoling reflection that, under Provi¬ 
dence, the old gentleman who sports the hour glass 
and sc}-the, will endorse all our promises and lia- 
cent postage, on account of distance. If then, the consider yvell on the federal relations, and be pre- Thirteen of the recent condemnations have been 
reduction were to bring no more letters, into the pared to act promptly in vindication of the rights commuted to imprisonment yvith hard labor for 20 , 
mail, the diminution of revenue therefrom, the first of the State, should they be violated by Congress. 18 and 10 years. 
year, would be $775,000. 
The Legislature of Mississippi, will con- ^ correspondent yvriting from Hungary says, 
and sc}-the, will endorse all our promises and lia- “ R is already shown that the surplus, on the ven^at Jackson? on the 7th of January-! A U! S. ^**® greatest distress prevails, and that numer- 
biliiies, we quit parading our forces and take the first day of July last, was $691,682,70, and that genator will be chosen during the session to siip! highly- cultivated lands had been disposed of 
on the first dav of July- next, will be‘lk8.58.700.- ^ . _ _ -n ”_ nf n orrAnt ftanrifiAA. 
“ Home Matters.” 
field. on the first day of July next, will be $858,700,- , vacancy which will occur on the 4th of a great sacrifice. 
-- p, which will undoubtedly incre^c in future years, i> 4 rch, 1851, in the seat noiv occ . *- 
“ Home Matters.” by natural accumulation, and by increase of the Jefferson Davis. 
_ number of letters arising from this reduction, and 
Getting married is not vent unnleasant but •« the first year, occasion no change in the Vermont Legisi.ation.— The 1 
, .' 1 ^ j’, treasuiy-, and it is extremely- uncertain whether its ^ermont has passed a resolution 
going to house-keeping, and starting a model re- operation can ever produce*that effect.” general government the anne.xatio 
public of one’s own, is quite another alFair. The He complains of the expense and embarra.ss- resdlutions in regard to slpery-, i 
(i„t is done in a trice-the iMler re,..i.-es more They now Irens- e^hiUen p?™. 
time, money, and patience than is generally taken the mails 5,740,040 miles, over 6,138 miles of have juri.sdi*ction present and future, 
into the account. There is no end to the wants of j-oad. He says of the Dead Letter Office: ^ n,, democratic State Conw 
the household, as furniture, etc. is to bo supplied » Jn the last vear there were received 2 . 100.000 fo SinaiP. rnndidntos for Gnvm nm 
1849, Erie, 
May.1.54,218 
June.161,873 
July-r.. 98,162 
August.147,572 
.September.148,913 
October.201,820 
November.165,221 
December.15,1^ 
Genesee Valley, 
42.520 
60,083 
19,147 
25,176 
37,123 
107,282 
112,600 
29,604 
57, which will undoubtedly incre^c in future years, j^^rch, 1851, in the seat n<m occupied by Col betters from Vienna of the 5th, states that a 
by natural accumulation, and by increase of the Jefferson Davis. ’ Ministerial crisis is at hand in that capital, 
number of letters arising from this reduction, and ‘ „ . Letters from Naples announce that great ar- 
yvill, in the first year, occasion no change in the Vermont Legisi.ation. The Legislature of rangements yvere in jirogress, but for yvhat object 
treasuiy, and it is extremely- uncertain whether its Vermont has passed a resolution urging on the was unknoyvn. 
operation can ever produce'that effect.” general gOTernment the annexapn of Canada, France. — Four hundred of the Insurgents of 
He complains of the expense and embarra.ss- !!:***^ resdlutions m rega^ to slavery, urging ito abo- arrived in Paris from Havre, and were liber- 
^ T> -1 1 • rr., lition Ill the District of Columbia, on the high .seas, a _. 
ments of the Railroad service. They now trans- pvpi-\- nWee where the United ‘kt-ites mnv ®^®^ ^^® General on the 4th. 
J...-. .. „ ana III eved place yvnere tne united btates ma} The eleetinn« L.nve heen 7 in«tnnnf.d m oyfU 
1,092,904 433,532 
The following is the quantity left by both Canals 
for a series of years: 
id. lie .sa} SOI me mead Jteuer umce: The Democratic State Convention of Ohio, It now appears that no difference whatever had 
“ In the last year there were received 2,100,000 to nominate candidates for Governor and Lieuten- arisen betyy'een the President and the Alinistry. 
from cellar to garret to .say nothing ot the vari- dead letters, all ot yvhich were opened and exam- ant Governor, will meet at Columbus on the 8 th M. Bouret’s amendment for reducing the con- 
ous items of rayv material (flour and potatoes, ined. Of these, 4,964 contained money to the of Januaiy instant. tingeiit force has been reported by the Assembly. 
pork and beans,) yvhich constitute the staff'of life, amount of $32,069, have been registered, and the , Smith’s section of the Liberty - 
T* 4 1 u / i.f 41 , ■ )j I same sent out for delivery to the owners, and 998 «4 „ ®®®®®® ot tne mmerty T„,rvRvsTiNf to Faumprs Fnr the nitormn 
It takes a hereto “face the music” on such an i„ 44 ™ 4 .r>r.tnininfr etoer pL^toenrea nf vniiip Thp Party has called a State Convention to beheld at l.NrEREsn.sG lo Farmers. — ror tne intorma- 
opeasion letters contaming o her enc osuies of val e. Plie Herkimer on the 22d of January. tion of farmens, yve state that 10 Saxony sheep, a 
. . , r i.- T • 1 mspection office, wiose duties include all matters mi p /■ t ® forty imported by D. 'W. Catlin 
So It IS in publishing a newspaper. It is the relating to the performance or failure ot mail ser- The seat of government of Louisiana has aifo c, r. Smith, arrived here on* Wednesday in 
least of the labor to issue a Prospectus, announcing vice, all depredations on the mail, and also the been changed Irom Neyv Orleans to Baton Rouge, the barque “ Sophia,” from Bremen. The other 
a publication — though a .serious affair with those ?®PP^> .®^ mail bags, locks and keys, is a branch-thirty came by previous arrivals, and are now on 
who intend to fulfil their pledges and one which re- ‘l”'®®^ ratio with the general seiwice. Bain’s Telegraph. —We learn that the suit the farms of the above named gentlemen in Con- 
who intend to tultil their pledges and one which le office alone, during the past year, there brought a short time ago, by the Morse Patentees necticut. A gentleman who had seen and ex- 
is unknoyvn. bush, 
„ ri I 1 1 r 4 i T r . 884,141 1847,.1,778,116 
France. — Four hundred of the Insurgents of 1345 . 1 469 gsi 1848 1 443 133 
June arrived in Paris from Havre, and were liber- 1846.l!503!546 1849 .........1 A2Q 
ated by the Attorney General on the 4th. * ti p 1 . • ,, . ’ ’ 
The elections have been po.stponed to the 25th Heietofore the quantity received by Railroad has 
of January. exceeded 150,000 to 175,000 bushels. The 
It now appears that no difference whatever had ^®®®q’h> ^ Lake were small till last year, when 
isen betyy-een the President and the Ministry. there was a considerable increase, but the precise 
M. Bniirp.i’s ninpndiYiP.nt for rAilnpinn- fop ppp. amouiit yve have uot been able to ascertain.—De 7 «. 
a publication — though a serious affair with those 
who intend to fulfil their pledges, and one which re- 
Gerritt S.mith’s section of the Liberty Great Fire at Cana joharie. — We learn by 
irty has called a State Convention to beheld at Interesting to Farmers. — For the informa- an extra from the Montgomeiy’ County Union, 
erkimer on the 22d of January. tion of farmers, yve state that 10 Saxony sheep, a that on Christmas night Canajoharie was visited 
. . part of a lot of forty imported by D. W. Catlin by a destructive fire. It broke out in the boot and 
5 *;^” 1 he seat of government of Louisiana has Rjfo (}_ ] 3 _ Smith, arrived here on Wednesday in shoe store of C. E. Herring, in the building owned 
en changed Irom Neyv Orleans to Baton Rouge, the barque “ Sophia,” from Bremen. The other by Mr. Wilson of Cooperstown. This building 
-thirty came by previous arrivals, and are now on was consumed together with the Exchange Hotel 
Bain’s Telegraph. —We learn that the suit the farms of the above named gentlemen in Con- owned by S. N. Marsh, of Neyv York, and uvo or 
three other buildings. 
quires no little courage. But the expense and yvere received 134,436 cominunications. The again.st Mr. Bain’s Boston line has been discontin- amined them lives us the folloyving description of - 
trouble of selecting, purchasing, and arranging luimber of supposed depredations reported, yvas ued by the Morse party. them: “ They are large framed, fiillffireasted, well Great Fire at Akron, Ohio.—A fire broke 
material—fitting up an office—furnishing ” copy,” M.J 6 , which were supposed to include $16J,107. Some doubts have been expressed of the truth of shaped sheep,* covered yvith wool from the eyes to‘ out about 12 o’clock last night, which destroyed 
and issuing the first number of a resifectable paper ''!f .?,4 the rumor that Judge McLean, at Columbus, O., the feet; the wool is pronounced by manufacturers some 18 buildings, including the large stone block, 
- particularly if you arc dctermineclTo have Ivery for Taril- 779 ' !’»'* ^'f ^ ft " t “"f' ‘ 
, . . , R ■ , , , , counieu lor, yyas 1,11 J. brought by Amos Kendall, F. O. J. Smith &c., finest and firmest cloths. They combined yvith The funds, books, and papers of the Bank were 
thing in tne best shape and style — shows the re- The number of communications received by the hut we learn from one of the counsel that such an quality, — quantity and hardiness, so much needed all saved. The Post-Office building, around to 
verse of the picture yvith a vengeance. It exhausts department annually, are not less than 370,000. opinion was made, but were not sent to the Court •u the fine sheep of this country. They are much within tyvo doors of Cobb’s E.xchange, yvas entirely 
one’s patience and pockets — unless the former is - until too late to be read at that time.— Tribune. larger than any before imported; and I understand consumed. — Akron, Dec. 28. 
remarkable, and the latter both deep and full — 51^^” 'Bhe State of Pennsylvania comprises about-||^® weight of fleece is much greater. Phe yvool 
remarkable, and the latter both deep and full — The State of Pennsylvania comprises about- 
and oft confuses and puzzles the brain. We’ve as many acres as the six New England States, and The Revolution in Trade. — First Importa- 
“ seen the Elephant” during the past tyvo or three supports a population of less than they, by about edve^a smnffitofTea hmlJ^^^ ""The7e sheep are accompanied by an e.xperi- ble published in the American Rtlilroad 
weeks, and speak from the book. However, the 500,000. But Pennsylvania/cer/s 100,000 inore Francisco and the Isthmus of Panama by ®o®®^ shepherd, and a well trained* dog, with a Journtil, shoyvs tliat during tlie year 1849, 
New-Yorker is a “fixed fact”—our office is horses than all those six States united. Livingston, Wells, & Co., the express men. This ■'’*®w of introducing into this countiy, as far as our to November 1st, the copper mines of Lake 
open, yvith the latch string out, — and we shall be Noyv supposing 50,000 of these horses give place is the first importation in this yvay, and tho.se gen- oncumstances yyi 1 permit, ffie improved s}stem of g^p^ij-ior ha\'e produced tlie folloyvin<>'amoimt 
most happy to receive calls at any and all times, to 50,000 o.xen, and then there will be 50,000 horses We^lte lfun}^’!?onl^^^^^ that'the’United States of copper: Cliff, 1000 tons; Minesota, 57; 
as yve are usually “ at home.” more than in all Neyv England, lioyv much boef the course of trade yvith Asia, and diverting it from ®on g^'ow fine yyools cheaper than any other coun- N. American, 35; N. West, 25; Copper 
could be raised, for feeding men, on the 300,000 the Cape of Good Hope route across the Isthmus try in the yvorld. The rich prairies*of the West, Falls, 9 ; Lac la Belle, 10; Ohio and Isle 
acres noyv dedicated to the feeding of the 50,000 to Neyv York. — A. Y. Herald. o®® their exhaustless granaries, combine all the q 
larger than any before imported; and 1 understand consumed. — Akron, Dec. 28. 
the weight of fleece is much greater. The yvool - 
hSndtd' lbs'.” Superior Copper Mines.- 
ENC0URAGEMENT.—7'/i«nfo.—Since issuing our 
Prospectus we have received abundant evidence **°*'*^®"’ «oPPO«"'g !’^®«® ’'0''s®« A® pr® 
that the NEyv-YoiiKKR yvill be liberally supported. 
We are in the daily receipt of remittances, and 
requests for specimen numbers, from various sec¬ 
tions of the Union. Indeed siibsci iptioiis are com¬ 
ing in by tens, tyventies, thirties, and even larger 
duce annually of six acres of oat.s, each at 33| 
bushels to the acre? 
„ T mi . , . nuci* aiK uuvuiuu wuii luius oi imuroveu uret 
O.NEiD.A RiyER iMi’RoyiMENT.— This yvork IS sheep, as they-yvill be, yve may safely predict 
completed, by yvhich steamboat navigation is America will* export wool to Europe, as she 
t 4 , 1 , T 1 1 A .... 1 opened from the Osyvego Canal at Three River 
The “ Plough, the Loom and the Anvil asks jfoint through Oneida River and Lake, a distance 
the above questions. 
of 50 miles, to near the Erie canal, a short dis¬ 
tance west of Neyv London. Tyvo steamers have 
ujiu luuii u.viiiuisiiess granaries, comoiiie an iiie 41 i n 
necessai-}- elements of success. When those vast v • i i, 
tracts are coy'cred yvith folds of improved breeds of tlddlUon to the tlbove ti luimbui’ of otlior 
sheep, as they yvill be, yve ma^- safely predict that mines tire expected to add considerably to 
America will export yvool to Europe, as^ slie noyv 4^6 production of the succeeding year. Sev- 
does cotton, wheat, and corn.— Jour, of Com. i • 1 i, ° • 1 i 
_ertil companies liave been reorgamzed, tind 
' k i w . » 11 I os, ana even larger Over Sixteen thousand patents were issued been built at Breyverton to run on the river and the ments have just been gazetted: 
numbers in so.Tie instances — yvhile the comph- by the U. S. Patent office from 1790 to 1849. The lake, and are noyv receiving their machiner}', and Jean Chabot Esq to be C 
mentary notices of the press, and letters of ap- report for 1848 has a cla.ssification of the various wiP h® ready to run, on the opening of navigation ^ 4 . Wnrk’s yvith n sA-nt h 
kinds of inventions, among yvhich ffie following Ih® spring. ^ 
proval from prominent and influential gentlemen. 
greatly strengthen our faith in the complete success ®*^® ^^*® ™®®^ numerous 
r. A mi A n • • Iffive this fall recommenced operations, that 
Canada Appointme.nts.— The following appoint- , , 1 ■ , . i 1 • / 
enls Ifove jM been g.eellc 9 : dimng tile p.Tst year 
^ , T- , ^1, • 4- 01’ ‘^iid a feyv additions, it is expected, 
Jean Chabot, Esq., to be Chief Commissioner -n l .1 4 xj nf fimeo fhn 
Public Works, with a seat in the Council. maac tO tllC numPei ot tticsc tlic 
friends have not been altogether unfounded. 
A list of receipts by mail, on subscription, will 
be given in our next and suflsequent numbers. 
Cholera in NEyv Orleans. — A telegraphic 
despatch from Neyv Orleans, dated Dec. 9, says: 
John Sandfield Macdonald, Esq., to be Solicitor i^oxt spring. Somo neyv companies tdso have 
General, and a Queen’s Counsel. been formed, and tracts secured, upon yvhich 
of the enterprise in which yve have embarked.— Agricultuial Instruments. ................ 1,956 Cholera in NEyv Orleans. — A telegraphic The Hon. James Buchanan Macaulay, one of iiailies Avill be employed another season 
We extend heartfelt acknowledgements for these , ..7 f^^P^tch from New Orleans, dated Dec. 9, sa}^: the Judges of the Quee^i’s Bench, to be Chief ^ __ 
., 4 . cj J ® , , stances.1,5.)1 The cholera is again with us. There yvere 63 Justice of the Common Pleas for Upper Canada. 
evidences of confidence and approval and ti-u.st Calorific (Stove, Grates and Fhirnaces).... 1,479 ca.ses yesterday, and it is on the increase to-day-. C. C. Small, Esq., to be Clerk of the Crown and Tjie mo.St valuable part of every man’s 
our paper yvill prove that the e.xpectations of our Metallurg}-..... 1,355 The New Orleans papers of about the same date Pleas in the Court of Queen’s Bench. education is that yvhich he receives from 
friends have not been altogether unfounded. Water and Wind Mills, &c., &«.,. 986 have this statement. At the Cholera Ho.spital for Andreyv Norton Buell, Esq., to be Clerk of the Vit^oAir AAr 44 >AU.U,r 
Lumber, Instruments to Manufacture. 950 the yveek ending Dec. 16, there were 38 deaths. The Croyvn and Pleas, in ffie Court of Common Pleas; himsclt, especially yv hen the acbve energy 
A list 01 receipts Dy mail, on subscription, will Household Furniture and Domestic Utensils 722 number of inmates remaining in the Hosjiital yvas and John Shuter Smith, Esq., to be Register of of hiS cliaracter makes ample amends for 
be given in our next and suflsequent numbers. Steam and Gas Engines. 658 one hundred and seventy-five. the Court of Chanceiy", in the place of Mr. Buell, the yvant of a more finished course of study. 
1 he Hon. James Buchanan Macaulay, one of i^arties yvill be employed tUlOther seasen. 
the Judges of the Queen’s Bench, to be Chief 
Justice of the Common Pleas for Upper Canada. 
C. C. Small, Esq., to be Clerk of the Crown and TiiE mo.st valuable part of every man’s 
Pleas in the Court oi Queen’s Beiicli. education is that yvhich he receives from 
and Wind Mills, &c., . 986 have this statement. At the Cholera Ho.spital for Andreyv Norton Buell, Esq., to be Clerk of the u .1 41 „ 4 - ' 
r. Instruments to Manufacture. 950 the yveek ending Dec. 16, there were 38 deaths. The Croyvn and Pleas, in ffie Court of Common Pleas; Birnself, especially yv hen the acbve energy 
told F''urniture and Domestic Utensils 722 number of inmates remaining in the Hospital yvas and John Shuter Smith, Esq., to be Register of character makes ample amends for 
Bank of En|Ld am^ouls to' £^^00, and j,ov’^ 
is^inctea,sing. American stocks remain about a.s Lieut’enant Governor, Members of SngreLTS 
State Legislature. It yvas the general impression 
that P. B. Burnett would be elected Governor. — 
The election in San FVancisco yvas in favor of Rod- 
man Price and General Wright for members of 
elected. 
Col. Sutter, the W’hig candidate for Governor, 
ran on the People’s ticket. It is noyv pretty clearly 
ascertained that T. Butler King, will not be elected 
Senator. The Legislature will contain a large 
was a fair extent of business done at full prices mont, for Senators. 
upon all articles. Several parcels of Indian corn Great activity- prevailed in'San Francisco and 
have been purchased for Ireland. Latterly prices buildings rapidlv going up. Carpenters’ pav was 
have improved ls@ls 3d f 480 lbs., with le.ss $16 per dav. * Sacramento City was also* in a 
disriAaitinn rm tliA tinrt nf linUlAva In cnll WLUn _ j:.- . •' 
estimates the m- Dayvson. ' is yvorth 29s@;30s, and yellow 28s@28s 6 d; for The rainy season had commenced,' and ffie 
it 9 per cent, for Retrenchments — .Messrs. Houston, Mangum, Fitch superior American there is a good demand at 22s roads leading to the mines were almost impa««ible 
ive a balance on 6d@24s; for sweet Canadian 22 s 6d@24s; for Yuba river had risen five feet. It yvas thought 
) •• —M®s‘>>'s- Pearce, of .Md., .Ma.son and Da- Western inferior and neyv Western almo.st unsale- that there would be much suffer ng at the miims. 
4 ’ , , 1 it 1 , , a,, t, • hh'>aflelpflia a'®! Baltimore 24s@24s 6 d; Gold continues as plenty- as ever. The steamer 
to have been the .Messrs. Himter, of Va.; Davis, Ohio 25s 79 bbl • wliAnt ffo Vtl foo ....... « a j ovui. rue steamer 
,e„..,ha, ifoex. , ,, r w “h Se„A,„ wa. n,nn,.,g on ,ho S.c..n,en.o . 
rtioiis^t the'im'' Walker afd Bald win. ' ' ° .There has been a better demand for some des- Rochester Flour Trade. 
•AiwicA nro ?o hA Fnrolled Bills-Messrs, llxxsk and lladger. criptions ot American provisions without impart- - 
^ re^n ' Ejtgvossed Bills — Messrs. Jones, of Iowa, Corwin ^ nnner tone to prices. Die following are -In presenting our annual statement of tne Roch- 
receipts, iiie fsebastian. the quotations: Bacon — .Middling and loyv qual- ester Flour Trade, it is proper to remark, tl;at c’lr 
P Printing —.Messrs. Hamlin .and Smith. ities of short middles have been inquired for, and statistics, derived, as yvill be seen, entirely from me 
lifr??iAA Objection being made by Me.ssrs. Hale and ffjote Easteni at canals, do not fully represent the extent of the 
irnnAr wiihtAAt Af Ohasc to the election of the I'olloyving committees, '‘8s@33s; Western 26s(a;-28s-. Neyv Irish can be trade. The quantity shipped east by railroad dur- 
in cArvinn 11 iiiotion, they wcFC filled bv ballot, Qs follows: here at Beef There have been few ing the suspension of the navigation season, as 
’ pSIe shoifld ' Judiciary-Messrs. Butler, of S. C.. Downs, Bcr- T fp Pnees arc almost nom- well as the quantity consumed in a population of 
.cA^ Afm rien, Bradbury-and Davton. ' mal. I he arrivals ot new are about 1,600 tierces, 30,000, is not included in the account. 
